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CVE-2007-5095
Published: Sep 26, 2007
Modified: Aug 7, 2024
PUBLISHED
Description
Microsoft Windows Media Player (WMP) 9 on Windows XP SP2 invokes Internet Explorer to render HTML documents contained inside some media files, regardless of what default web browser is configured, which might allow remote attackers to exploit vulnerabilities in software that the user does not expect to run, as demonstrated by the HTMLView parameter in an .asx file.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
n/a | n/a | affected n/a |
References
20070918 Re: security notice: Backdooring Windows Media Files
mailing-list
x_refsource_BUGTRAQ
20070918 re: security notice: Backdooring Windows Media Files
mailing-list
x_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://www.gnucitizen.org/blog/backdooring-windows-media-files
x_refsource_MISC
20070918 RE: security notice: Backdooring Windows Media Files
mailing-list
x_refsource_BUGTRAQ
20070918 security notice: Backdooring Windows Media Files
mailing-list
x_refsource_BUGTRAQ
41093
vdb-entry
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